 View of the entrance of the Chabot Space and Science Center. Chabot Space and Science Center, located in Oakland, California, is a hands-on center featuring interactive exhibits, a digital planetarium, a large screen theater, hands-on activities and three powerful telescopes. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1151 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
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Oakland, founded in 1852, is the eighth-largest city in California[1] and the county seat of Alameda County. ...
// A planetarium is a theater built primarily for presenting educational and entertaining shows about astronomy and the night sky, or for training in celestial navigation. ...
50 cm refracting telescope at Nice Observatory. ...
The Center is the continuation and expansion of a public observatory that has served San Francisco Bay Area schools and citizens with astronomy and science education programs for over 123 years. MolÄ—tai Astronomical Observatory An observatory is a location used for observing terrestrial and/or celestial events. ...
A giant Hubble mosaic of the Crab Nebula, a supernova remnant. ...
Part of a scientific laboratory at the University of Cologne. ...
History
 The sign at the entrance of the Chabot Space and Science Center. The institution began in 1883 as the Oakland Observatory, through a gift from Anthony Chabot to the City of Oakland.[1] The original Oakland Observatory was located in downtown Oakland, and provided public telescope viewing for the community. For decades, it also served as the official timekeeping station for the entire Bay Area, measuring time with its transit telescope. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2592x1944, 1545 KB) I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ...
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Anthony Chabot (August 13, 1813 – January 6, 1888) was a nineteenth-century businessman and entrepreneur, notable for his contribution to developing hydraulic mining and for building water systems, especially in the Bay Area. ...
A Transit mount is a system where a telescope can move in altitude (North-South), but not in azimuth (East-West). ...
The observatory moved to its Mountain Boulevard location in 1915 due to increasing light pollution and urban congestion. In the mid-1960s, the facility was expanded considerably. Throughout this time, the Chabot Science Center, as it was renamed, was staffed mainly by Oakland Unified School District personnel and volunteers. In 1977, seismic safety concerns terminated public school students’ access to the original observatory facility. The observatory building remained open to the general public, but school activities were limited to outlying classroom buildings and the planetarium.
Recognizing the need to restore full access to the facility, either by repair or relocation, in 1989 Chabot Observatory & Science Center was formed as a Joint Powers Agency with the City of Oakland, the Oakland Unified School District, and the East Bay Regional Park District, in collaboration with the Eastbay Astronomical Society, and in 1992 was recognized as a nonprofit organization. The project broke ground in October 1996 and construction of the new Science Center began in May 1998.
In January 2000, anticipating the opening of the new facility, the organization changed its name from Chabot Observatory & Science Center to Chabot Space & Science Center. The new name was chosen to better convey the organization's focus on astronomy and the space sciences, while communicating both the broad range and the technologically advanced nature of programs available in the new Science Center. Space science, or the space sciences, are fields of science that are concerned with the study or utilisation of outer space. ...
Opened August 19, 2000, the new Chabot Space & Science Center is an 86,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art science and technology education facility on a 13-acre site in the hills of Oakland, California.
Attractions Aside from its telescopes, it contains: - the Ask Jeeves Planetarium, a "full dome digital projection system" with various shows running daily.[2]
- the Tien MegaDome Theater, a 70-foot dome screen auditorium with various shows running daily.[3]
- the Challenger Learning Center, a hands-on simulated space mission where 8 teams work together to complete a mission.[4]
- Many changing exhibits that highlight space and science topics. As of August 18, 2006, there are nine open exhibits.[5]
Telescopes Chabot Space and Science Center has three telescopes. "Leah", an 8" refractor telescope, was built in 1883 by Alvan Clark and donated by Anthony Chabot.[6] "Rachael" is a 20" refractor telescope, commissioned in 1914 from Warner & Swasey, with optics by John Brashear.[7] It is the largest refractor in the western United States regularly open to the public. "Nellie" is a 36" reflecting telescope which opened in June 2003 and is housed in a rolling roof observatory.[8] The 50 cm refractor at Nice Observatory. ...
1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
8 Alvan Clark & Sons telescope at Chabot Space and Science Center. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
26-inch Warner & Swasey refractor, U.S. Naval Observatory, 1904. ...
John Alfred Brashear (November 24, 1840 – April 8, 1920) was an American astronomer and instrument builder. ...
Ritchey 24 reflecting telescope A reflecting telescope (reflector) is an optical telescope which uses a combination of curved and plane (flat) mirrors to reflect light and form an image (catoptric), rather than lenses to refract or bend light to form an image (dioptric). ...
June 2003 : January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October - November - December Events June 1, 2003 The Group of Eight summit opens in Evian, France to tight security and tens of thousands of protestors. ...
Observatory quick facts Anthony Chabot (August 13, 1813 – January 6, 1888) was a nineteenth-century businessman and entrepreneur, notable for his contribution to developing hydraulic mining and for building water systems, especially in the Bay Area. ...
1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
The 50 cm refractor at Nice Observatory. ...
Alvan Clark & Sons made the 36-inch objective lens for the Lick Observatory refractor, shown here in an 1889 drawing. ...
1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ...
This article is about the year 2000. ...
Telescope statistics Leah - Maker - Alvan Clark & Sons, 1883
- Aperture – 8 inches
- Focal Length – 112 inches
- Mount – German equatorial
- Cost –
- Usage Intent – popular and educational use
Transit Telescope Alvan Clark & Sons made the 36-inch objective lens for the Lick Observatory refractor, shown here in an 1889 drawing. ...
1883 (MDCCCLXXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
- Maker - Fauth & Co., 1885
- Aperture – 4 inches
- Focal Length –
- Mount – Double Pier Transit
- Cost –
- Usage Intent – popular and educational use / time determination
Rachel 1885 (MDCCCLXXXV) is a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Saturday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ...
- Maker - Warner & Swasey / John Brashear, 1914
- Aperture – 20 inches
- Focal Length – 28 feet
- Mount – German equatorial
- Cost – $20,000
- Usage Intent – popular and educational use
Nellie 26-inch Warner & Swasey refractor, U.S. Naval Observatory, 1904. ...
John Alfred Brashear (November 24, 1840 – April 8, 1920) was an American astronomer and instrument builder. ...
1914 (MCMXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Chabot Space and Science Center. ...
2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Planetarium The Ask Jeeves Planetarium seats 240 people under a 70-foot diameter dome, and features live weekly shows and daily pre-recorded "full-dome" shows. These are the weekly live shows, presented by a staff astronomer: Fulldome is used to refer to immersive dome-based video projection environments. ...
A complete schedule and listing of daily shows can be found at the center's planetarium page.[9] The American Museum of Natural History is a landmark of Manhattans Upper West Side in New York, USA, at 79th Street and Central Park West. ...
Digital Universe is a planned system of non-commercial websites, called portals, having different kinds of resources on a wide range of subjects, and with advanced 3D presentation and rendering. ...
Major features of the Solar System (not to scale): The Sun, the eight planets, the asteroid belt containing the dwarf planet Ceres, outermost there is the dwarf planet Pluto (the dwarf planet Eris not shown), and a comet. ...
The Pleiades, an open cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus. ...
Earth (IPA: , often referred to as the Earth, Terra, the World or Planet Earth) is the third planet in the solar system in terms of distance from the Sun, and the fifth largest. ...
// Cosmology, from the Greek: κοσμολογία (cosmologia, κόσμος (cosmos) order + λογια (logia) discourse) is the study of the Universe in its totality, and by extension, humanitys place in it. ...
Carl Zeiss The Carl Zeiss AG is a German manufacturer of optical systems, industrial measurements and medical devices, located in Oberkochen with important subsidiaries in Aalen and Jena. ...
USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ...
Orion is a remarkable constellation, visible from most places on the globe (but not always the whole year long). ...
See also The following is a list of astronomical observatories, along with initial dates of operation and location, if available. ...
References - ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/aboutus/
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/planetarium.asp
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/theater.asp
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/challenger/
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/exhibits.asp
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc/observatory/leah/default.asp
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc/observatory/rachel/default.asp
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/vsc/observatory/nellie/default.asp
- ^ http://www.chabotspace.org/visit/planetarium.asp
External links - Maps and aerial photos Coordinates: 37.818641° -122.180613°
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